Morris K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Morris K., who was born in Bazar, Poland in 1932. He recalls living on a farm that his father supervised; celebrating Jewish holidays in Popovtse; moving to Golovchyn?tse; friendships with Poles and Ukrainians; moving to Tluste (presently Tovste); Soviet occupation; studying Russian; German invasion; Ukrainian pogroms; his family's rescue by Ukrainian friends; living with a family whose son was on the Judenrat; ghettoization; hiding with his family during a round-up; his aunt surviving a mass killing; escaping another round-up; traveling to Golovchy?ntse; living on a farm; being joined by cousins; hiding with a Ukrainian family; moving to Lisovitse; working as a cowherd; escape from Ukrainian militiamen; his father's death from typhoid; being terrorized by Ukrainians and White Russians; hiding with his family; moving to a German forced labor camp near Tluste; his grandmother's death; liberation by Soviet troops; living in Tluste with his mother and brother; traveling to Chortkiv with Soviet troops; living in Skalat and Bytom; traveling to Munich; living in Landsberg and Leipheim displaced persons camps; and emigration to the United States. Mr. K. discusses receiving help from many non-Jews because his father had cared for their cattle, and his belief that he survived due to his faith.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
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People
- K., Morris, -- 1932-
Corporate Bodies
- Leipheim (Displaced persons camp)
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Mutual aid.
- Postwar experiences.
- Hiding.
- Jews -- Poland -- Tluste.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Faith.
- Jewish councils.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Family.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Soviet occupation.
- Child survivors.
- Refugee camps.
Places
- Poland.
- Popovtse (Ukraine)
- Bazar (Ukraine)
- Lysovichi (Ukraine)
- Skalat (Ukraine)
- Golovchyn聞tse (Ukraine)
- Tovste (Ternopil聞s聞ka oblast聞, Ukraine)
- Tluste (Poland)
- Tluste ghetto.
- Bytom (Poland)
- Chortkiv (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat